Sometimes your clothes get holes in them. This can happen for all kinds of reasons such as getting caught on a nail, moving weirdly, moths, a goat chewing on them, and so on. Whatever the reason, you probably want to fix it. At home I have a sewing kit so I can fix basically anything but while traveling I will have to bring a small mending kit. These are available in stores such as AAA and JoAnn's, but I couldn't find one I liked so I made one myself. Here's what I did.
Look at me trying to look legit. I'm silly, I know.
So the basics of a mending kit is thread, a needle, and some sort of container to keep everything together. I wanted to have some safety pins in mine too for when I'm too lazy to fix something or simply don't have the time.
Storage Container-something to put everything in
White Thread-most of the clothes I am bringing are light colored so this will work well. May bring black thread as well.
Safety Pins-four different sizes and a few per size.
Sewing Needle(s)-this is so you can actually sew stuff.
Magnet-something to stick the needle to so it doesn't get lost in the container.
Put everything in the storage container in some kind of order. What I did was put the thread on one side, the safety pins on the other, then put the magnet with the sewing needle on it on top of the safety pins.
Close everything up and now you have your custom travel mending kit! Throw this in your luggage and now you are prepared for most clothing problems.
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